Temperature
67 F at 3 AM; 89 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 66 F at its coolest, 1 AM.
- Now
- 67F
- 3 AM
- Highest
- 89F
- 2 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 66F
- 1 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/South Carolina/Beaufort MCAS - Merritt Field
Beaufort MCAS - Merritt Field, South Carolina
Medium airport in Beaufort County, South Carolina69°
86°/67°
Clear·
Feels like 69°·Light air 3 mph SW
Coming up. Tomorrow is 16 degrees cooler: a high of 70° after 86° today.
Now. Beaufort MCAS - Merritt Field is 69° and clear at 4 AM. The dew point is 66°, so the air feels oppressive. Light air from the southwest at 3 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 83° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 69° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 75°, and the coolest Sunday, near 64°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:49 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11:03 PM. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 23 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
16Air quality
97%Humidity
3%Cloud
Now
4:00 AM
69feels69
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
8667
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
7062
19%
17mph
Sun
Oct 18
6450
16mph
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
6951
14mph
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
7454
UV 7
Wed
Oct 21
7555
UV 6
Thu
Oct 22
7556
UV 6
69°
86°67°
70°62°
64°50°
69°51°
74°54°
75°55°
75°56°
As of 4:00 AM in Beaufort MCAS - Merritt Field, South Carolina.
Air quality
The air at Beaufort MCAS - Merritt Field
Index 16, good, led by ozone. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Savannah (GA), 34 miles off.
16Good
- Ozone16Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 42, good.
GoodModerate
- 42YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 41 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Beaufort MCAS - Merritt Field
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.00in
Visibility
How far you can see at Beaufort MCAS - Merritt Field, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 4 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- NBC
- ICAO
- KNBC
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 37 ft
- Serves
- Beaufort
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- NBC
- Wind now
- From 260° at 3 mph, read 16 Oct, 03:56
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 / 23 | 12,202 ft | 200 ft | Asphalt and concrete | 42° / 222° | 2 mph head, on 23 | 2 mph from the right |
| 14 / 32 | 8,001 ft | 200 ft | Asphalt and concrete | 135° / 315° | 2 mph head, on 32 | 2 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Beaufort Mcas (NBC), Beaufort MCAS - Merritt Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 66 F, the air 97% saturated; the humidity ran from 45% at 2 PM Thursday to 100% at 12 AM.
- Dew point now
- 66F
- 3 AM
- Humidity now
- 97%
- Humidity, range
- 45 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
3 mph from the west at 3 AM; at its strongest 10 mph, 9 AM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 3mph
- from the west
- Strongest
- 10mph
- 9 AM Thursday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.07 inHg at 3 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.04 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.07inHg
- 3 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.01inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.04inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 4 miles at 6 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 4mi
- 6 AM Thursday
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 200 ft at 6 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 6 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 200ft
- 6 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 6
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Wettest hour
- -
- Hours with some
- 0
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Beaufort Mcas: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Beaufort MCAS - Merritt Field, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.0 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/39 ft/2 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Hilton Head Island - Met EastHHES1
At a river or reservoir gauge/16.2 mi away/13 ft/24 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Youmans FarmS2038
At a soil climate station/30.7 mi away/75 ft/38 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Beaufort 4.5 NSC-BF-128
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.4 mi away/1 ft/36 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
YemasseeYEMS1
At a cooperative observer's station/16.0 mi away/27 ft/10 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in South Carolina
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Beaufort MCAS - Merritt Field
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Seabrookcommunity, 3 mi
- Burtoncommunity, 4 mi
- Laurel Baycommunity, 4 mi
- Beaufortcity, 4 mi
- Lobecocommunity, 5 mi
- Dalecommunity, 6 mi
- Shell Pointcommunity, 7 mi
- Port Royaltown, 7 mi
- Sheldoncommunity, 9 mi
- Coosawhatchiecommunity, 14 mi
- Ridgelandtown, 15 mi
- Yemasseetown, 17 mi
Airports near Beaufort MCAS - Merritt Field
- Beaufort Executive AirportARW, 7 mi
- Ridgeland-Claude Dean Airport3J1, 16 mi
- Hilton Head AirportHXD, 18 mi
- Lowcountry Regional AirportRBW, 31 mi
- Charleston Executive AirportJZI, 44 mi
- Allendale County AirportAQX, 48 mi
- Summerville AirportDYB, 48 mi
- Charleston International AirportCHS, 49 mi